aviditatem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aviditas, aviditatis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
greed, covetousness; keen desire, lust/passion; appetite (food/drink), gluttony;
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...multum detraxerant viribus; parsimonia tamen et eorum quae aviditatem evocant modus et diligens sui tutela perduxit illum..."Agricola
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...parata peccantibus, et pro consule in omnem aviditatem pronus quantalibet facilitate redempturus esset mutuam dissimulationem mali. Auctus..."